Car manufacturer Nissan has shown its support for Sunderland’s Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat station. Nissan presented the volunteer lifeboat crew based at Sunderland’s RNLI station a cheque for £1,000. It was presented by its staff council at the Sunderland plant and received by James Jamieson, the local operations manager […]
by Katie Hall Lawson, whose hits include Juliet, Taking Over Me and Brokenhearted will be headlining at the Retail and Style Awards that are taking place at the Bridges Shopping centre on April 23. The event is organised by Sun FM and Bridges and is supported by Sunderland BID. […]
Virgin Trains are going digital with new m-tickets in a bid to end the orange paper train ticket. The train operator will make m-tickets available to Virgin customers travelling on all routes along the east and west coast mainlines. The bar-coded m-tickets, which customers download to their smartphones or other mobile […]
New alternative destination for the winter holidays has been added to Newcastle International Airport. With winter and New Year’s Eve packages, New York has become a popular destination for UK travellers. Due to huge demand from previous years, this year the company is adding an extra trips and hotels to […]
Sunderland people have had their say about British Gas cutting bills in the light of big profits. British Gas’ residential profits have increased to £574m – up from £439m last year. Meanwhile, the energy provider has slashed customers’ bills by 5.1 per cent, the third decrease in a year. […]
Virgin Trains has been rated by customers as the top long distance franchised operator in the UK. A survey of nearly 7,000 rail passengers scored both Virgin Trains franchises either four or five stars for availability of seating, cleanliness of carriages, overall condition of the train, train reliability, train frequency […]
Today (February 17) is the last opportunity that Wearsiders have to say their views on the proposal of devolution in the North East. In short, devolution is the process of power being delegated to a lower tier of government, which in this case, is the combined authority of North East […]
Students at the University of Sunderland have mixed reactions to proposed student accommodation plans. Plans, if approved, would see the former J Speedings and Co Sailworks site, in Whickham Street, Sunderland turned into a five-storey student accommodation centre, with as many as 53 new flats, housing more than 70 students. […]
By Yolanda Branch, Alisha Blunt & Christopher Larmouth A recent report has found that digital industries in Sunderland are on rise by 29 per cent for the 2010 to 2014. The report from the Government initiative Tech Nation from Tech City UK has revealed that this growth means more jobs for […]
Credit: Sophie Dishman and Stela Taneva. Plans for next year’s Chinese New Year event in Sunderland are already being made. Harry Collinson and Ian Wong, the co-creators of this year’s Keel Square Chinese celebration, have confirmed that they are working on plans for the Year of the Chicken next year. Around 3000 […]